religious influence
Spiritual power wielded
Religious influence is the effect that religious beliefs, institutions, or leaders have on individuals, communities, or broader society.
It can shape moral values, political decisions, cultural practices, and personal behavior: The religious influence on early American law is undeniable, She grew up under heavy religious influence.
The term often appears in debates about separation of church and state or concerns about undue pressure from religious organizations.
- theocracyRule by religious authority
- canon lawReligious institutional regulations
- blasphemy lawsProhibitions on religious insult
- Sunday schoolReligious education for children
- traditionCustom passed through generations
commandments · societal norms · gender roles · holy war · clergy · conversion · sin · fire and brimstone · civil rights movements · sharia · ritual · fatwa · interfaith dialogue · divine right · prayer · pilgrimage · social cohesion · congregation
- wartime chaplainschaplains, army chaplains, hospital chaplains, chaplaincy
- religious nationalismtheocracy, state religion, Zionism, Islamism, caliphate
religious influencesecularism
Separation of faith, state
secular humanism · rationalism · materialism · scientific worldview · empiricism
religious influencesecularization
Religion losing social significance
irreligion · disestablishment · dechristianization · godlessness · secular state
religious influenceseparation of church and state
Constitutional religious neutrality principle
secular state · civil authority · secular law · civil government